City Builds Bigger Panels and Redistricting Plan
The council debated enlarging boards to seven or nine members and expanding the city council from 16 to 20 aldermen. Proposals include adding staff appointments by the mayor, redefining duties between city and tax attorneys, and allowing redevelopment employees into the state retirement plan. The majority endorsed a 10-district Assembly-alderman plan with two aldermen per district, while the minority urged a two- alderman-per-assembly-district approach.
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Althugh
Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Education
Common Council
Fairfield Urged to Adopt Council Manager System
Fairfield officials and civic groups push for a council manager form citing weak town governance and increased efficiency. Proposals include district elections for a nine member council, an internal town audit, and a Park department takeover of school grounds maintenance. A forthcoming Charter Revision Commission meeting will gather public input.
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Sackett
Dominick
Carletti
E. C. Shook Company
Republican Town Committee
Frank J. Rice
RTM
Rice
Fairfield
Board of Education
Park Department
George Pratt
Historic Districts Commission
First Selectman
Pratt
LWV
Barbara Young
League of Women Voters
Charter Revision Commission
T. F. Gilroy Daly
Board of Selectmen
Police Building
Nichols Street
Redistricting Aims for Even City Alderman Divisions
The commission argues for two aldermen per district to reflect one vote one person while voicing support for salaries. It suggests deferring precise pay figures to a future charter commission, noting aldermen perform substantial work beyond meetings and may incur out of pocket costs. It cites time constraints in studying how other cities compensate officials.
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Hine
Fire Commission seeks budget for equipment and safety upgrades
The Fire Department requests 3.306 million for replacing aging vehicles and hydrants while adding a new aerial truck communications system six air masks 600 gallons of air foam and adder replacement. Additional 4250 funds target replacing obsolete radio gear as commended firefighters aid ERS security and false alarm reductions.
Soviet Moon Missions Advance in Unmanned Probes
The 1965 Soviet lunar program centers on unmanned Luna probes with Luna 13 near lunar orbit and Luna 12 earlier photographing the moon. Cosmos satellites also reach unusually high Earth orbits as Russia eyes possible future manned moon shots. The United States counters with the Gemini program and near lunar photography via its Lunar Orbiter.
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U.S
Earth
Cosmos
Luna
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Tass
Moscow
China
Sinkiang
Alexei Leonov
Lunar
United States
Ambulance Hit. New Haven Man Held on Six Charges
Police arrested Robert C. Campagnuolo of 339 Sherman Avenue New Haven after his car struck the City ambulance at Middle and Geld streets. He faces six motor vehicle charges including evading responsibility operating under the influence driving the wrong way and driving with a suspended license. He is held in lieu of 1100 pending arraignment in Circuit Court.
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New Haven
Middle
Geld
Robert C. Campagnuolo
Campo
Sherman Avenue
Cornelius Carroll
Rusk Urges Limits on Nuclear Arms and Talks
Dean Rusk called for means to avoid new and vast military expenditure while seeking a nuclear freeze at Geneva and pressing talks in 1987. He discussed antimissile cost estimates up to $30 billion, U Thant’s peace efforts, and U.S. restraint in preconditions for negotiations amid Cold War tensions.
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Rusk
United States
Geneva
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Vietnam
U.N
U Thant
Thant
India
Paris
France
Buel Ray Wortham Jr
Craddock M Gilmour Jr
Wortham
Soviet Union
Igor A. Ivanov
Ivanov
Amtorg
New York City
John W. Butenko
Orange
N.J
Piggy Banks Stolen From Second Floor Apartment
Mrs. Betty Walton of 58 Hamilton Street reported a break in her second story apartment last night. Police said entry was gained by forcing a rear door and two piggy banks containing about 30 dollars were taken.
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Betty Walton
Hamilton Street
Contraband Copies Raise Alarm Over Asia Piracy
Roger Smith of Publishers Weekly notes Formosa uses second best printing layouts funded in part by USAID and ignores international copyright. A Look magazine executive cites at least one manuscript reproduction while pursuing serialization rights. State Department warns Formosan government, but enforcement is weak as unsigned agreements allow broad sales and profits. Harper & Row reports Manchester agreement to excise disputed passages following Kennedy family input.
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Roger Smith
Publishers Weekly
Formosa
Asia
Agency For International Development Money
Look Magazine
Smith
State Department
Manuscript Fragments Hint at Pirated Book Release
Sections intended for magazines surface as fragments suggesting a pirated edition of the book. The notes imply alternative text and potential market release before official publication. No names or dates are provided in the readable material.
Hoffa Wins Extension in Fight to Avoid Jail Time
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart grants James R. Hoffa a 30 day extension to seek Supreme Court review of his 1964 jury tampering conviction. Hoffa's lawyer also petitions the Cincinnati appeals court for a new trial while another deadline for pension fund fraud appeals is extended to January 26. Grain dealers in India plan to hire guards.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Hoffa
Fed. 4
Joseph A. Fanelli
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tom C. Clark
High Court
U S Forces Report Skirmishes Across Vietnam Front
U S spokesmen described missile impacts near the zone and reports of two planes shot down. South Vietnamese troops killed 20 Communist fighters while suffering light casualties in a brisk engagement. Marines in Da Nang area report 7 killed 4 captured over two days. A CH46 helicopter was downed south of Da Nang with major damage and two wounded. In Hanoi region U S jets struck and Marines fought a mortar and small arms attack, counting 54 enemy dead and four wounded. Other actions include 25 Communist deaths in three operations and 49 Viet Cong killed in separate clashes near Saigon, with ambushes along roads and a large convoy hit far northeast of the capital.
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U.S
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Navy
Cmdr
James Chandler
San Francisco
Chandler
Christmas ring attacks target North Vietnamese bunkers
U S and allied forces report ring attacks by Christmas divisions on bunkers and storage areas inside the demilitarized zone as a move to deter a new Red drive into the south. American officers assess the offensive buildup and anticipate renewed aggression from North Vietnam.
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Ers
Demilitarized Zone
South
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Bridgeport
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